Collingwood....Let's have a Steely Resolve

[Maverick]

In the week leading up to the Grand Final, Clement and a couple of other Collingwood players talked about having a "Steely Resolve" with regard to reversing last year's result.

I was *****ting myself. I can remember thinking 'these blokes are serious, they're going to beat the living suitcases out of us'.

Thankfully, unlike CrazyManis, they talked the talk...but couldn't walk the walk.

[Maverick]

Although comments by Brown and Aka after the game were not real clever...I'm guessing it will be a very physical match next time we meet.

[rchowell]

I actually remember thinking (and hoping) in the lead up to the Grand Final that maybe Collingwood had already played the game a few times over in their head, and maybe they were a bit mentally jaded by the day of the game. This year they went in as favourites and there was a lot of pressure on them, and maybe this had an influence on their mindset.

As for the comments you are right, but I thought Lethal was a bit of a kill joy with his comments. He was right of course but I thought at the time he could have left it another week or so. But they've certainly fuelled the fire and it will sure be a tough game on Easter Thursday, both within and outside the rules I'd expect. You could probably mark Collingwood down for a win now I reckon. If it was Round 1 I'd be on the Lions to give the Pies another pumping, but it's not, so I'm not expecting that. Collingwood will have a hell of a lot to prove.

[Mr Ripper]

Collingwood are gone. They'll take a good year to get over that GF humiliation. Too many ordinary carried along by the likes of Buckley, Tarrant, et al.